Scratch Cups 2015

plumber77

Well lads,

Can any member here give me the heads up on the Tralee scratch cups. Ballybunion have theirs up already. Trying a big of advance planning.

Cheers

Norfolk Enchants_

plumber77 wrote: »

Well lads,

Can any member here give me the heads up on the Tralee scratch cups. Ballybunion have theirs up already. Trying a big of advance planning.

Cheers

Depends on which SC you're talking about, but usually the Junior is on in early May, Intermediate is early June and Senior is early July.

plumber77

Cheers for that. It would the the junior is be looking at.

ShriekingSheet

I just had a look on the GUI site Opens list. Absolutely no Scratch Cups listed. I know it's early, but they usually have a few of the March / April ones up in December, don't they? Wondering if there simply are none up yet, or if it's a search glitch.

Zada

Was just looking through tralee GC website and the dates posted are May 16th for intermediate and June 27th for junior scratch cup if you look up news and events on the site you will see it there

Brendygg

Ballybunions Intermediate is the 17th May, will make a good weekend of it.

mike12

Norfolk Enchants_ wrote: »

Depends on which SC you're talking about, but usually the Junior is on in early May, Intermediate is early June and Senior is early July.

What are handicap bands for the different Scratch cups?

scrubber72

Tralee is 11-18. Ballybunion is 12-18 for intermediate.

Poker Face

ShriekingSheet wrote: »

I just had a look on the GUI site Opens list. Absolutely no Scratch Cups listed. I know it's early, but they usually have a few of the March / April ones up in December, don't they? Wondering if there simply are none up yet, or if it's a search glitch.

GUI are currently upgrading golfnet website and its in here that clubs add the open fixtures. Most of the features in golfnet are disabled at present until the new site is launched so clubs cant add any fixtures at the moment.

mike12

Brendygg wrote: »

Ballybunions Intermediate is the 17th May, will make a good weekend of it.

Sounds like a weekend in Kerry.
Any idea when they open for bookings???

cairny

mike12 wrote: »

Sounds like a weekend in Kerry.
Any idea when they open for bookings???

Last year it opened two weeks before comp. Probably be the same this year.

Dossy

Cheers for posting, trying to do a bit of planning myself, i know each club is different but is it generally April for Counting Comps to start up again. No intension of Thread hijack just same idea for planning,

ShriekingSheet

Top Golfer have their opener on April 10th - the Friday of The Masters. It's a mix of SSC and JSC.

big_drive

ShriekingSheet wrote: »

Top Golfer have their opener on April 10th - the Friday of The Masters. It's a mix of SSC and JSC.

Where is it on?

ShriekingSheet

big_drive wrote: »

Where is it on?

Portmarnock Links

opinionated3

Apologies if this is a stupid question but does anyone know if any club hold their Junior scratch and intermediate cup on the same weekend? I play off 12and my buddy plays off 6. It would be nice to play some quality course over the same weekend....

SevesThreeIron

Yeah, lots of them do. It's a handy way to get out with buddies in different handicap categories as you suggest.

opinionated3

SevesThreeIron wrote: »

Yeah, lots of them do. It's a handy way to get out with buddies in different handicap categories as you suggest.

Thanks for your reply. Is it a matter of simply keeping an eye on the gui website or is there some other way of finding out fixtures and dates?

SevesThreeIron

opinionated3 wrote: »

Thanks for your reply. Is it a matter of simply keeping an eye on the gui website or is there some other way of finding out fixtures and dates?

Apols for the delay, yeah pretty much just keep track of the GUI open list. That's how I do it anyhow. Alternatively your buddy in a different category could play with you in comp and just mark your card, not be eligible for a prize. My auld lad did that for me a few times.

DVPHM

Killarney scratch cups 20th of June (junior and intermidate) I think

rollotomasi

Topgolfer website is back showing the 2015 schedule for Junior and Senior scratch cups:

http://www.topgolfer.ie

Kingswood Rover

Blessington lakes hold their Junior, Inter and Minor scratch cups in the 1st weekend in September, last years results are still on the website to get a guage of the scores.

Nozebleed

rollotomasi wrote: »

Topgolfer website is back showing the 2015 schedule for Junior and Senior scratch cups:

http://www.topgolfer.ie

Are these scratch cups exclusive to the topgolfer tour players or are they open to anyone with gui?

rollotomasi

Nozebleed wrote: »

Are these scratch cups exclusive to the topgolfer tour players or are they open to anyone with gui?

These events are open to anyone with a GUI handicap and its not mandatory to join the tour to play in an event.

Joining the tour up just means being on the order of merit and on winning an event or via end of season playoffs, going to the championship event at the end of the season. This is a two day freebie knees-up with accommodation included.

morrga

Anyone know if K Club or Druids Glen run scratch cups each year?

pinkdoubleeagle

Lucan's Senior & Junior Scratch Cups are on May 3rd this year

Dr_Colossus

pinkdoubleeagle wrote: »

Lucan's Senior & Junior Scratch Cups are on May 3rd this year

Thanks, one of the few remaining 36 hole scratch cups and very well run on possibly the best greens in Ireland, they were frightening fast and smooth last year. Any indication as to when the timesheet opens yet?

pinkdoubleeagle

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

Thanks, one of the few remaining 36 hole scratch cups and very well run on possibly the best greens in Ireland, they were frightening fast and smooth last year. Any indication as to when the timesheet opens yet?

Will find out and post on here as soon as I hear.

Glencarraig

opinionated3 wrote: »

Apologies if this is a stupid question but does anyone know if any club hold their Junior scratch and intermediate cup on the same weekend? I play off 12and my buddy plays off 6. It would be nice to play some quality course over the same weekend....

Bray junior (4-10) & intermediate (11-18) is on June 6th

Dero123

Athys junior and intermediate is on weekend of 8/9 August. Our new 6th hole will be well in play by then

Dr_Colossus

ShriekingSheet wrote: »

Top Golfer have their opener on April 10th - the Friday of The Masters. It's a mix of SSC and JSC.

big_drive wrote: »

Where is it on?

ShriekingSheet wrote: »

Portmarnock Links

Is there an online booking system for this to check availability and book? The Portmarnock Links website is particular poor and the only booking system I can find is through golfswitch.com which doesn't list open competitions and in this case the scratch cup itself.

Nozebleed

Book a spot in the junior scratch cup in portmarnock today..april 10th!

Slicemeister

Apart from visiting each clubsite individually is there any one place that has much of this info yet outside of golfnet or gui? Really annoying.

Dr_Colossus

Slicemeister wrote: »

Apart from visiting each clubsite individually is there any one place that has much of this info yet outside of golfnet or gui? Really annoying.

Don't think so, there's a good list of SCC and JSC events that are on the TopGolfer tour:
http://www.topgolfer.ie/tour
or alternatively there's the BRSGolf opencomps search function:
http://www.brsgolf.com/opencomps/ireland
but unfortunately not all clubs are on the BRS system.
Generally though the GUI site is best although it doesn't look like it at present since the so called upgrade/revamp. It's not easy keeping abreast of all the events as not only have you to consider the scratch cups themselves but also as to when the tee booking opens for the more popular ones.

Have booked into the JSC in Castle Golf Club on Fri 17th April, tee booking opening yesterday and already starting to fill up. Annoying it's a Fri but it's always jammed packed as rarely any open events at Castle and the course is usually top notch.

I see on the GUI site Roganstown are having a JSC and ISC on 6th Apr, nice course and good value at €20 but why have it on a Mon in early Apr? Terrible timing and appears to be trying to drum up business for a quite Mon in early season rather than fill the time sheet of a weekend. Would have liked to play a scratch cup in Roganstown and I'd imagine it'd be quite tough off the blues.

DiegoWorst

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

I see on the GUI site Roganstown are having a JSC and ISC on 6th Apr, nice course and good value at €20 but why have it on a Mon in early Apr? Terrible timing and appears to be trying to drum up business for a quite Mon in early season rather than fill the time sheet of a weekend. Would have liked to play a scratch cup in Roganstown and I'd imagine it'd be quite tough off the blues.

Is that Easter Monday?

Dr_Colossus

DiegoWorst wrote: »

Is that Easter Monday?

Ah so it is, thanks. That makes sense now so.

Dublin Spur

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

Have booked into the JSC in Castle Golf Club on Fri 17th April, tee booking opening yesterday and already starting to fill up.

signed up yesterday - never played it - looking forward to it

Miley Byrne

Nozebleed wrote: »

Book a spot in the junior scratch cup in portmarnock today..april 10th!

Where can this be booked? I didn't realise they held a JSC, will prob fill up quick I'd imagine

mike12

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

Don't think so, there's a good list of SCC and JSC events that are on the TopGolfer tour:
http://www.topgolfer.ie/tour
or alternatively there's the BRSGolf opencomps search function:
http://www.brsgolf.com/opencomps/ireland
but unfortunately not all clubs are on the BRS system.
Generally though the GUI site is best although it doesn't look like it at present since the so called upgrade/revamp. It's not easy keeping abreast of all the events as not only have you to consider the scratch cups themselves but also as to when the tee booking opens for the more popular ones.

Have booked into the JSC in Castle Golf Club on Fri 17th April, tee booking opening yesterday and already starting to fill up. Annoying it's a Fri but it's always jammed packed as rarely any open events at Castle and the course is usually top notch.

I see on the GUI site Roganstown are having a JSC and ISC on 6th Apr, nice course and good value at €20 but why have it on a Mon in early Apr? Terrible timing and appears to be trying to drum up business for a quite Mon in early season rather than fill the time sheet of a weekend. Would have liked to play a scratch cup in Roganstown and I'd imagine it'd be quite tough off the blues.

Not sure it will be off the blues don't think it was last year. they ahd it easter monday last year as well and it was pretty full.

Nozebleed

Miley Byrne wrote: »

Where can this be booked? I didn't realise they held a JSC, will prob fill up quick I'd imagine

i booked over the phone..just ring portmarnock links hotel and theyll put you through. I also booked a spot in the junior scratch cup for castle gc yesterday..really looking forward to it.

Miley Byrne

Nozebleed wrote: »

i booked over the phone..just ring portmarnock links hotel and theyll put you through. I also booked a spot in the junior scratch cup for castle gc yesterday..really looking forward to it.

Ah, that explains it, didn't realise it was Portmarnock Links

forrestgolfer

I started playing golf 2 years ago, played in a few of the scratch cups last year (intermediate) Douglas Fota Castlemartyr. This year I would love to play the likes of tralee ballybunion etc. Could I ask that the people on here give me a top five course list that I should try to fit in? Also how do I avoid missing out on these? I.e. when they are open for booking how do I avoid missing out because I don't know they are and when I do realise they are all booked?

DVPHM

I see the fota island senior scratch cup was on at the weekend does anyone know when there junior scratch is on? Have looked in the usual spots but can't find any info, thanks

DVPHM

FYI it's on the 21st of June

slingerz

forrestgolfer wrote: »

I started playing golf 2 years ago, played in a few of the scratch cups last year (intermediate) Douglas Fota Castlemartyr. This year I would love to play the likes of tralee ballybunion etc. Could I ask that the people on here give me a top five course list that I should try to fit in? Also how do I avoid missing out on these? I.e. when they are open for booking how do I avoid missing out because I don't know they are and when I do realise they are all booked?

ya i'd be with you on that would like to get some of the Cork ones done this year perhaps the likes of Douglas/Monkstown/Lee Valley/Bandon

When is the Killarney GC intermediate scratch cup on does anyone know?

rollotomasi

Heres some random scratch cups:

06.04.2015 Roganstown Junior scratch
16.05.2015 Ballybunion senior scratch
24.05.2015 Mccreddin Junior scratch
24.05.2015 Ballybunion junior scratch cup 6-11
30.05.2015 Headford Junior scratch
07.06.2015 Mount Juliet Junior and intermediate €50
27.06.2015 Tralee Junior scratch

Axel Lamp

Are the handicap ranges the same everywhere? I.e. if the Junior scratch cup in Ballybunion is 6-11, will it be the same in Tralee?

dar_cool

Axel Lamp wrote: »

Are the handicap ranges the same everywhere? I.e. if the Junior scratch cup in Ballybunion is 6-1, will it be the same in Tralee?

Junior is normally 4-9 , 6-11 for junior is a strange one

Norfolk Enchants_

dar_cool wrote: »

Junior is normally 4-9 , 6-11 for junior is a strange one

There's no norm, it depends on demand and can range from 4-12.

Slicemeister

Norfolk Enchants_ wrote: »

There's no norm, it depends on demand and can range from 4-12.

The handicap range depends on demand? How do they set it? Am I reading it wrong?

Axel Lamp

Just as a follow up: Tralee Intermediate is 10-18 and Junior is 5-10 as per Golfnet.ie (Golfnet) The Tralee GC website is blank on the ranges.

Just slightly confusing if your handicap is 10.